Highlights of 2014

Sad Ashlee is sad.  Tomorrow my bestest friend Lauren shall commence a new journey in life as she moves to Wisconsin to work as a graphic designer.  Which means being eight hours from me and likely not seeing her until March.  Don’t get me wrong—I’m happy for her, of course!  But yeah.  Sad.

Anyway.

The time has come for the annual “what the hell happened this year?” post.  For the past three years I’ve made an entry at the end of December “commemorating” all that has happened in the past year, whether good or bad (though I tend to focus more on the good stuff.)  The first year I had this blog, 2011, was mainly about starting at Truman and the steps I took to get there.  The next year was filled with stuff like the Megadeth and Evanescence concerts, seeing The Lion King in St. Louis, turning twenty-one, getting an apartment for the first time, etc.  2013 was all about the summer I spent in Québec—didn’t really talk about much else.

So now we have arrived at the end of 2014.  What’s changed since this time last year?  Well, I’m twenty-three now, a senior in college, and no longer an English major, for starters.  That’s about all that’s really “different” about me.  I just got older and continued with life.  But, as usual, here are some highlights, good and not-so-good.

• Kat got her own apartment last winter, which meant many chances to escape the horrors of campus!

• I began working as a “Reading Room Assistant” in the Special Collections and Archives section of the library.  At the time I was considering a career in library science.  It was definitely an experience, which only lasted a semester.

• I started watching Sherlock and not hating Benedict Cumberbatch, which both Kathy and Lauren appreciated.

• I became Vice President for the National French Honor Society, Pi Delta Phi.  Again, this only lasted a semester, but it was a good experience.  I stepped down at the end of Fall semester so I could focus more on schoolwork in the spring.

• Had a boyfriend for a few months.  That was fun!  (I’m not being sarcastic—it was awesome while it lasted and I’m not bitter about anything that happened.)

• Reached the five-year mark of studying French.  Aww yiss.

• I went to Chicago with the two greatest people on the planet!

• I was a preceptor at JBA, which was an amazing experience and one I’m hoping to repeat this coming summer.

•  I spent the latter part of said summer in Kentucky with my family, probably the last time I was able to do so.

• I created the website for US Bruno Fans, which was officially named Bruno Pelletier’s official American fan club.

• I saw Halestorm in concert!!

• I turned twenty-three.  Pretty awesome.

• Let’s see… what else?  Oh, yeah.  I spent a week in Montréal to look at grad schools!

• I got to see and spend time with my friend, François.

• I attend the filming of an episode of Un air de famille!

• I got to return to Québec City for a day!

• I got to attend Bruno Pelletier’s concert on Thanksgiving and meet him afterwards!!

How do you top that, really?  Honestly, I was having so much trouble remembering what happened during the year other than going to Québec that I had to look back at old blog posts.  Oops.  I can’t believe it’s been a month since I was there, but it has.  I miss it terribly, but I’m desperately hoping that I’ll be back there as soon as August or September.  God, I hope so.

What awaits me in 2015?  Graduation from Truman!  Maybe grad school, maybe teaching in France, maybe something else entirely.  I don’t know.  But here’s hoping it’s good!